H.B. 217 Enrolled

DISORDERLY CONDUCT AMENDMENTS
1999 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Afton B. Bradshaw
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW; AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF
DISORDERLY CONDUCT BY DELETING ABUSIVE OR OBSCENE LANGUAGE, IN
COMPLIANCE WITH A UTAH SUPREME COURT RULING; MAKING TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
76-9-102, as enacted by Chapter 196, Laws of Utah 1973
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 76-9-102 is amended to read:
76-9-102. Disorderly conduct.
(1) A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if:
(a) [He] he refuses to comply with the lawful order of the police to move from a public
place, or knowingly creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition, by any act which serves
no legitimate purpose; or
(b) [Intending] intending to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, or recklessly
creating a risk thereof, he:
(i) [He] engages in fighting or in violent, tumultuous, or threatening behavior; [or]
(ii) [He] makes unreasonable noises in a public place; [or]
(iii) [He] makes unreasonable noises in a private place which can be heard in a public
place; or
[(iv) He engages in abusive or obscene language or makes obscene gestures in a public
place; or]
[(v) He] (iv) obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
(2) "Public place," for the purpose of this section, means any place to which the public or
a substantial group of the public has access and includes but is not limited to streets, highways, and

the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities, and
shops.
(3) Disorderly conduct is a class C misdemeanor if the offense continues after a request by
a person to desist. Otherwise it is an infraction.
Section 2. Effective date.
If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this act takes effect upon
approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah Constitution
Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto, the date of veto
override.

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